BEIRUT: A senior Syrian Kurdish official is in Damascus this week for talks with Syrian government officials at the head of a delegation including members of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, an…

GENEVA: Civilians fleeing attacks on rebel-held towns in southern Syria are being used as “pawns”, the UN rights chief said, lamenting reported demands for payment at government checkpoints and jihadist’s blocking movement.…

DAMASCUS: A Syrian monitoring group and paramedics say government shelling and airstrikes on rebel-held suburbs of the capital, Damascus, killed at least 98 people on Monday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights…

DAMASCUS/ TEL AVIV: The Israeli Defence Forces have yet to comment on the announcement. Tel Aviv and Damascus, that have never signed a peace treaty, have repeatedly exchanged tit-for-tat attacks in bordering…

FO spokesman says country’s embassy in Damascus had established contact with elderly couple on Tuesday LAHORE: Pakistan’s diplomatic machinery has been set in motion after the country’s diplomats stationed in the Syrian…

DAMASCUS: Syrian air defences intercepted at least two Israeli missiles fired at a government “military position” in Damascus province early Saturday but the attack still caused damage, state media reported. The Syrian Observatory…

DAMASCUS: Three suicide bombers blew themselves up near the main police headquarters in Syria s capital Damascus on Wednesday, killing at least two people, the interior ministry said. The Islamic State group…

The Syrian government on Saturday ruled out any discussion of presidential elections at peace talks due to start next week, drawing accusations from the opposition that it was halting the talks before…